Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 29, 2019

The method used by pseudoscientists and fake news sources alike.

the binder won’t give Calvin any extra credit

Hobbes doesn’t want this report to hurt his chances of getting into a good university.

Good luck with that.

What’s more clear than that plastic binder? Calvin getting another “F” of course!

Hey, they way “moder education” is going me just might get an “A+.”

Calvin’s destined for Madison Avenue!

Don’t forget the Table of Contents, Calvin. Limited though it may be.

On Sunday, Calvin’s dad told a crazy story about the world being black and white 50 years ago. Calvin could ask his dad for help with this paper, but Calvin would fail either way.

Hobbs has the right idea…

At least it’s better than an opaque binder. If there’s such a thing.

That report in a clear plastic binder is like lipstick on a pig!

Calvin, be sure to quote your sources, Hobbes and don’t forget footnotes.

Calvin should become a chef. Presentation – the art of making lousy food look good.

Lol but Calvin one fact isn’t a whole report….

As any marketing type can tell you, it’s all in the presentation.

type it up double-spaced, that’ll do it

Lots of illustrations. Pages and pages so the binder will look full of paper.

He worked harder at NOT doing some simple research than the mind boggling crap he eventually came up with. I could never understand that. He’ll make a fine politician.

When I was teaching, I would not accept a paper in one of those folders; this is also true of a number of my professors. It about triples the weight (which might not seem like much – but when you’re carrying 20+ papers home to grade, it does make a difference), makes it much harder to turn the pages, makes it impossible for them to lay open, and I guarantee, at least 85% of the papers will pop out of their binders.

Want to impress your teacher? One staple in the top left corner.

Laminate it, that is how all the “important” notices at work came to us

This is one of those instances where Hobbes is acting as Calvin’s conscience.

I really thought he was going to go with “…an apple” for the piece de resistance!

These days, one made-up “fact” qualifies you to be president….

I just can’t see Calvin sharing the credit, with even Hobbes.

Calvin is onto something here.

Beware collaboration unless you have equal editing and reviewing rights prior to release. On the other hand, I was once credited as a contributor only because I bought the pizza for the team verifying the sources cited.

You’d think that, given their (unfair) association with vampires, Calvin would be at least a little curious about bats…

My goodness! A young Trump in the making! I wonder if Hobbes represents Guilliani?

I wonder where he gets his confidence, especially in the binder.

Well, in all honesty, I have seen business plans that were almost as well prepared and more successful.

calvin is right, used the tactic, worth about 5 points

Okay – so go get a four more pieces of paper. Use one as a cover sheet with the name of the report, and one for a table of contents, a separate sheet for your art work, and one for an Index. That might at least get you a D instead of an F.

Clear plastic binders were a big deal in high school, but in grade school, “clean (nearly)” was about as good as it got.

When I got to the point of doing the grading (as a TA), I found myself mostly amused at foofraw surrounding the assigned task. I only ever took note of it once: The assigned task should have been about 1 page long +/- (the task was to do a personal analysis of a short text). One student turned in more than 40 pages, including an incredibly long bibliography that basically summarized each of several books. Also a title “page” consisting of the student/author, with contact information, and a 1/2 page curriculum vitae. The analysis itself was thoughtful, mildly interesting and about 2 pages long. I gave him 50% for not following the submission rules (“write no less than 1/2 page, no more than 2, discussing your own thoughts about this article”). Youda thought I’d raped him at gunpoint. The professor called us both in, changed the grade to 100% and told him he’d had his one chance: Go and sin no more. The very next assignment, he did the same thing. I gave him 50%. Youda thought I’d raped him etc. The prof left it at 50%. After that he was a lot more reasonable, though he remained very long winded.

Take it from me Hobbes, a prospective thesis is no more than a single fact with all the frills! This is just a school project.

I think Mom and Dad need to start checking Calvin’s homework before he goes to bed.